Alexander Vasilyevich Krivoshein (russian: Александр Васильевич Кривошеин) (July 19 (31 ( N.S.), 1857,

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– October 28, 1921,

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) was a Russian monarchist politician and Minister of Agriculture under

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Life

Graduate in law of St. Petersburg University. Worked in the Ministry of Justice and later in the Ministry of the Interior (1884–1896). Assistant Head of the Department of Peasant Colonization (1896–1904), and Head (1904–1905). Assistant Head of the Chief Administration of Land Organization and Agriculture (1905–1906). Member of the State Council (1906). Assistant Minister of Finance (1906–1908). Krivoshein served as Russia's

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between 1908 and 1915. He was one of the few ministers, who was respected by the Emperor and government circles, as well as the educated public. Most of the commissioners appointed by him were the members of the public, rather than administrators or businesspersons. Krivoshein was one of the principal ministers involved in the implementation of the Stolypin agrarian reforms. He supported large private capital in industry, because he believed that the private investment would free up more state funds for agriculture. However, for agriculture, he favored the individual peasant and the noble landowner. During the ministerial debates in 1913–14, his ministry did not oppose the expansion of joint-stock companies in the industry, but fought to limit their role in the land purchases. His ministry also got a ban on

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holding managerial positions in stock companies involved in the land purchases. In 1915, Krivoshein headed the "Special Council for Discussion and Coordinating Measures for Food Supply". He was a moderate politician,Leroy Allen. ''Social Sciences''.

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. Page 59 and tried to persuade

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(the Minister of the Interior) to take more account of the

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in determining policy. He supported the moderate parliamentary reform in 1915. He was one of several ministers to be dismissed for opposing

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's decision to take command of the Russian Army. Krivoshein rejected the

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of 1917. After the

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of 1917, he joined the anti-

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in Crimea. He tried to save the Russian emperor, when the latter was moved from

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, organizing an anti-Bolshevik conspiracy in

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, and barely escaping arrest. He also served as the head of

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's government in Crimea. Later, he went into exile in

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. His son, Igor A. Krivoshein, was an engineer and high-ranking

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in France.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krivoshein, Alexander 1857 births 1921 deaths Politicians from Warsaw Saint Petersburg State University alumni Politicians of the Russian Empire Members of the Russian Assembly Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian)